Energy crisis, peak oil – is it any wonder that more and more people are looking into the benefits of renewable energy and specifically solar power? There is hardly any energy source available that is more environmentally friendly and easy to harvest, than solar power.
Solar power solutions for your home have so far been seen as too expensive and difficult to install. People would be amazed how relatively cheap and easy it can be now to install solar power at your home. If you use solar power at your home, you can significantly reduce your power bills and make sure that our grand children have a green and working environment.
This article introduces three possible solar solutions for your home:
Solar oven: You can use solar energy for cooking and baking by utilizing a solar oven or cooker. These solar cookers or ovens come in different configurations, like box and panel cookers or parabolic cookers. These cookers are based on the principle of concentrating the sun’s energy into one area, using mirrors or other reflective material, which generates enough heat to cook and bake.
Solar Heating System: The solar collector, a dark painted box with a glass cover through which pipes are fed, is the main component of a solar heating system. Filled with anti-freeze, the fluid in these pipes is heated by the sun’s rays. The pipes are wound through the hot water tank, where they heat the water.As the hot water system and the solar heating are both closed systems, the antifreeze in the solar collector pipes cannot contaminate the water.
We distinguish two systems to move the working fluid – an active system, where a pump moves the fluid around and a passive system, where natural convection moves the fluid.
The water heated by the solar power can now be used in your home for heating or hot running water in kitchen, shower or bath.
Electricity from Solar Power: The light rays of the sun can be turned into electric current by using certain materials, which is called a photovoltaic effect (PV). Did you know that this was already discovered in the 19th century by a young French physicist? Later in 1923, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his theories describing the photoelectric effect, which is the basis for the photovoltaic processes.
It was not until the sixties and seventies of the 20th century that the PV technology was made more reliable and also cheaper by the space industry using this technology in their space craft.
Several solar cells can be connected to form a photovoltaic module. The amount of voltage and current generated depends on the size of the PV module and the amount of available sun light.
Solar energy either has to be used when available or stored, as no solar power is available at night or during very overcast days, which is one of its greatest disadvantages. To fully use solar power generated electricity at home you have to use rechargeable batteries to store surplus solar energy.
Today, solar cells have become very efficient and are readily available.
Now you can create your own do-it-yourself solar power solution for your home, even if you are not an experienced handyman. And the best thing is, you can save a lot of money and demonstrate environmental responsibility by doing so.
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